• Lightning strikes the coastal city of Batroun to the north of Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
    Lightning strikes the coastal city of Batroun to the north of Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
  • Retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert, who is tasked with overseeing a truce in the Red Sea port city and the withdrawal of all parties from the conflict, arrives at the Yemeni port of Hodeidah. AFP
    Retired Dutch General Patrick Cammaert, who is tasked with overseeing a truce in the Red Sea port city and the withdrawal of all parties from the conflict, arrives at the Yemeni port of Hodeidah. AFP
  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • Experts and students from Algiers University’s Archaeology Institute work on one of the pyramid tombs, near the city of Tiaret, Algeria. AFP
    Experts and students from Algiers University’s Archaeology Institute work on one of the pyramid tombs, near the city of Tiaret, Algeria. AFP
  • Amazigh people celebrate their new year outside the parliament with calls on the state to recognise the day as an official holiday and protect their language in Rabat, Morocco. Reuters
    Amazigh people celebrate their new year outside the parliament with calls on the state to recognise the day as an official holiday and protect their language in Rabat, Morocco. Reuters
  • Egyptians walk on Kaser al-Nile bridge during a sandstorm in Cairo. EPA
    Egyptians walk on Kaser al-Nile bridge during a sandstorm in Cairo. EPA
  • French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drianand Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi hold a joint press conference at the Jordanian Foreign Ministry in Amman. AFP
    French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drianand Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi hold a joint press conference at the Jordanian Foreign Ministry in Amman. AFP
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim during an official visit to Baghdad. AFP
    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim during an official visit to Baghdad. AFP
  • A group of monks pose for a picture as they visit the Franciscan church for the first time at the Qasr al-Yahud baptism site in the Jordan River, West Bank near Jericho. EPA
    A group of monks pose for a picture as they visit the Franciscan church for the first time at the Qasr al-Yahud baptism site in the Jordan River, West Bank near Jericho. EPA
  • A Palestinian Bedouin boy rides on his donkey near the abandoned Palestinian village of Ein Hajla close to the West Bank city of Jericho. AFP
    A Palestinian Bedouin boy rides on his donkey near the abandoned Palestinian village of Ein Hajla close to the West Bank city of Jericho. AFP

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